New taxes off table for Minnesota governor candidates

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Minnesota’s leading governor candidates will go head-to-head only a couple of times. Amy Klobuchar and Lisa Demuth appeared together at a business forum.

DFLer Amy Klobuchar and Republican Lisa Demuth found alignment Monday on some approaches to managing Minnesota’s business environment, telling a Chamber of Commerce crowd that they’d avoid new taxes, fight fraud and speed up permitting.

But each candidate for governor held herself up as the one with the track record, know-how and vision for getting things done.

It was the first time Klobuchar and Demuth went head-to-head since each were nominated this summer. By today’s debate standards, this one was fairly tame with few direct exchanges. It’s likely one of just two times they’ll share a stage. The second, more traditional candidate debate is scheduled for Wednesday night in Rochester.

The candidates frequently broke from the...